Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

When the sky was completely bright, several people dispersed in the gazebo and went back to their respective places.

Bai Ling got up early as usual, walked around Jingyue Peak, and saw no one. He went to Mingguang Palace and learned about last night's events from Ji Wanshu. What Xie Yijun ordered was done.

Later, Xie Yijun came back alone, but she still couldn't sleep, there were a lot of things waiting for her to do, and the papers on the case became more and more day by day. After Ye Zhilan entered the punishment hall, there was no more capable helper in the Mingguang Palace Xie Yijun has to do everything by himself, even when the tea soup is gone, he has to shout for someone to refill it.

"Meng Jing is guarding Huaiwei, so there is no need for anyone to worry about it," Xie Yijun washed his face in cold water and lifted his spirits, "On the contrary, it is Jingyue Peak. Only those who have the ability to pass will do."

Ji Wanshu said, "I'll take care of this later."

Xie Yijun let out a "huh", sat down shortly before the case, flipped through the booklet and said, "As for the matter of drawing Xiao Qi out, we have to wait for Jiang Xue's approval to start the action, but we also have to communicate with Elder Xu in advance." Qi, after all, it would be best if the Gu poison on Yin Qiu's body can be cured by himself, so tell him to give him some refreshment."

Bai Ling replied: "Don't worry, Sect Leader, I will definitely bring the words to you."

Xie Yijun looked at Ji Wanshu again, and said: "Zhilan is not here, just as you are out of customs, follow me more to familiarize yourself with the palace affairs in the future, you also understand the situation in the palace now, I am at a loss, Jiang Xue's other side There are also quite a few things. In the past, Zhilan was doing all the things you were supposed to do. Now you should learn to take over by yourself. Don't be as impulsive and willful as before. I've thought about it recently. It's time to stand up, if you don't quickly build up your prestige, how can you convince the crowd with your kung fu?"

Ji Wanshu was silent for a moment, then frowned and said, "I..."

"What about you?" Xie Yijun looked at her, "After five years of confinement, my kung fu has improved, but my mind has not changed? Don't tell me that you still don't want to be the head of the sect."

Ji Wanshu didn't want to lie, and said truthfully: "I never thought of being the head."

Xie Yijun looked at her, and sighed: "Then what do you want me to do? The rules in the palace have always been like this, the chief disciple is the best candidate for the young master, and there are quite a few in the palace during the years you have been in seclusion. You are a good new seedling, but no one can defeat you, Yunhua swordsmanship has been passed down, which master is not invincible in the palace?" She paused at this point, "Even if I am a Exceptions, but there are reasons for this, since you have this condition, why can’t you be the master? You are the one who can carry forward my Yunhua swordsmanship, and you will definitely do my part.”

Ji Wanshu said: "Uncle Shi can retire, so naturally I can too."

Xie Yijun was choked by her words, and said helplessly: "Jiang Xue has retired, and I will replace you. If you retreat, who will stand up for you?"

Ji Wanshu said: "Isn't there still Senior Sister Ye? Although she is not the chief disciple, she is also your first disciple, and she is also the senior sister of the palace gate. Over the years, she has been no different from the young master. If Senior Sister Ye As the master, I believe that the disciples will be convinced."

Xie Yijun threw away the folder in his hand, leaned on the back of the chair, and said heavily: "Everyone is still locked up in the torture hall, and the suspicions on her body have not been cleared, let alone the young master, her senior sister can't sit still. Sitting still is a problem."

Ji Wanshu was silent, and Bai Ling said again: "But Senior Sister Ye was obviously wronged by others. Like Senior Sister Lu, she was used by Xiaoqi. Now that we have convicted Senior Sister Lu , then we can no longer lock up Senior Sister Ye, otherwise Xiao Qi will definitely become suspicious."

What she said was justified, if Ye Zhilan was kept locked up, wouldn't there be two spies in the palace?Maybe the disciples wouldn't find it strange, but for Xiao Qi, that's not the case. With Lu Huaiwei confirmed to be a spy, locking Ye Zhilan up means that Xie Yijun and the others still haven't completely convicted Lu Huaiwei. So it is indeed necessary for Ye Zhilan to be released.

Xie Yijun thought for a while, and sighed: "Forget it, the Zhilan matter, the traces of planting are too obvious, and the origin of the disciple of the hidden guard has not been figured out at this time, it is really not appropriate to lock him up. Just bring Zhilan here."

Bai Ling responded, and immediately ordered two disciples to pick him up in the punishment hall. After about half a cup of tea, a dirty Ye Zhilan entered the Mingguang Hall, knelt down in the hall and kowtowed to Xie Yijun repeatedly, calling out: "Master ..."

Xie Yijun sat in front of the desk, seeing Ye Zhilan's embarrassment and haggard appearance, he couldn't help feeling mixed feelings.

It has been a month since the master and apprentice separated each other that night. During these days, although Ye Zhilan has not suffered any severe torture in the execution hall, she has also suffered a lot of cold reception and cold eyes. It's hard to say, I can't come up with a clear statement on the two matters of the mask material and the disciples of the hidden guards, and the disciples of the punishment hall are selfless, only verifying evidence and disregarding human feelings. Before Xie Yijun did not speak, no one would take it easy Treat Ye Zhilan kindly, even though her seniority is high and her status is not low, once she falls into the execution hall, she will be a real prisoner.

Xie Yijun looked Ye Zhilan in the eyes, saw that she was disheveled, she had never been in such a down and out situation, she couldn't help feeling a little bit of compassion, and couldn't bear to question her anymore, after a few words of concern in a soft voice, she called Bai Ling Helped people down to wash up.

Ji Wanshu and Lu Huaiwei have been friends for many years, and she has also been familiar with the transfer of disciples with her. He hurriedly drew up a roster and handed it to Xie Yijun for review. After writing a few papers, I couldn't bear to doze off, and I didn't have the energy to take a bath again, so I fell asleep in the bedroom with my clothes on.

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Yin Qiu went up the steps, took off his muddy boots outside the door, and ran into Shen Xing Hall with clean socks.

Wen Chaoyu and Xue Tan yawned in the back, greeted Man Jiangxue, and both went around the front yard to sleep in the back room. Man Jiangxue changed his shoes at the door, and entered the hall with Yin Qiu's clogs , she lifted the curtain and saw Yin Qiu was writing in front of the desk, so she stepped forward and said, "Put on your shoes."

Yin Qiu lowered her head and calmly retracted her writing right hand into her sleeve. She raised her leg, and Man Jiangxue put the clogs on her feet.Yin Qiu said: "Uncle Master, sit down for a while, I have to write the letter quickly and send it to Cang County as soon as possible."

Man Jiangxue responded, seeing that the letter paper in front of Yin Qiu was stained with mud, she reminded: "There is no rush at this moment, wash your hands first."

Yin Qiu glanced at her, smiled and said, "I see, master uncle waits for me outside, I'm afraid I'll forget what to write after washing my hands, so it's better to make a draft first."

Man Jiangxue looked at her for a moment, but didn't say much, and went to the outside room to take a rest. Seeing her leave, Yin Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, and took out his hand from his sleeve again.

After digging the tomb for a whole night, the cuts on his hands inevitably burst open again, the wet blood and mud stuck to his palms, and the wounds were constantly in pain.In order to prevent Man Jiangxue from seeing the strangeness, Yin Qiu endured the pain and shoveled the soil last night, and kept a distance from Man Jiangxue as much as possible. He didn't want her to see that he had an injury on his hand. Putting down the pen, ran to the dressing table to clean his hands, and poured the dirty water out of the window, tried his best to calmly search for the trauma medicine to stop the bleeding, finally took a new piece of letter paper, and started writing again .

The wounds were all in the fingertips, so it was inconvenient to move. Yin Qiu was holding the pen, and his whole hand was trembling slightly. Can not bear to look.

Yin Qiu secretly thought, if this letter is finished, it must be sealed immediately, and Man Jiangxue must not be seen.

At this time, it was almost noon, and the weather in the past two days was good. The sky after the snow was spotless. is good looking.

The letter was only half written, when I heard the voices of many people outside, Yin Qiu listened to it for a while, it turned out that Ji Wan had dispatched a group of new disciples and was reporting to Man Jiangxue, Yin Qiu took the opportunity Taking this opportunity, he hurriedly wrote the rest of the content, and finally walked out holding the sealed letterhead with a normal expression.

In just a short while, the disciples had finished their errands and prepared hot meals, and then wandered around Jingyue Peak in groups to familiarize themselves with the environment.Yin Qiu handed the letter to Ji Wanshu and asked her to send it on her behalf, and the three of them sat down in the hall and had lunch together.

Before coming out of the dormitory, Yin Qiu specially wiped his hands and sat on the left side of Man Jiangxue, so that Man Jiangxue could only see the back of her hand, and Man Jiangxue always liked to give her a hand. To pick up vegetables, Yin Qiu just took care of the rice bowl and never did anything by himself.

"When we were in the Mingguang Palace earlier, the head of the sect had brought Senior Sister Ye out of the punishment hall," Ji Wanshu sat in front of Yin Qiu, and saw Yin Qiu's scarred hands at a glance, but she didn't say anything, just He said flatly, "If Uncle Shi is free, would you like to have a face-to-face meeting with Senior Sister Ye?"

After a tiring night, Ji Wanshu and Yin Qiu hadn't had time to wash and change their clothes, and so did Man Jiangxue, but she still looked clean, as if she hadn't been stained with any dust.After a little thought, Man Jiangxue knew Xie Yijun's intention of letting Ye Zhilan go at this time, and said: "We must talk about it, but we don't need to talk about it today, and it's not too late to talk about it tomorrow. Still need to rest."

Ji Wanshu saw that there were not many vegetables left in Yin Qiu's bowl, so she took the initiative to pick up some vegetables for her and said, "I have something to do, and I want to ask Master Uncle to come forward and help me."

Yin Qiu concentrated on eating and didn't say much. When he saw that Ji Wanshu had brought some food for her suddenly, he raised his head. The two of them looked at each other across the table. Quietly smiled at Ji Wanshu.

Man Jiangxue didn't seem to notice her two small movements at all, she just looked at Ji Wanshu and asked, "What's the matter?"

Ji Wanshu looked away from Yin Qiu, and said a little dullly: "The head said before that she wanted to establish a young head as soon as possible."

Man Jiangxue understood, thought for a short while, and said, "If you hadn't retreated a few years ago, the young master should have been established long ago. In addition, the current situation in the palace is not good, and Zhilan has attracted suspicion again. It is reasonable for Senior Sister to make such a decision."

Ji Wanshu put down her chopsticks, sighed and said, "But you also know that I never wanted to be the master. Compared to Senior Sister Ye, I'm really not the material to be the master."

"Then what do you want to do?" Man Jiangxue said, "You are the chief disciple. According to the rules left by the masters, no one is qualified to be the master except you."

Ji Wanshu would not feel restrained in front of Man Jiangxue, and immediately said bluntly: "Even if it is the rules set by the ancestors, it is not appropriate. You can be the head of the master only by good skills, uncle Don't you think it's too sloppy?" After she finished speaking, she followed up and said, "The master's swordsmanship has always been the bottom one among the masters, but she also manages Yunhua Palace very well? No matter what No matter what, Senior Sister Ye is more suitable than me."

Man Jiangxue said: "The reason why the senior sister of the sect leader became the sect master was not her original intention, but your ancestor's intention."

"What about you, uncle?" Ji Wanshu said, "Master chose you first, didn't you also refuse?"

Man Jiangxue said: "Then you might as well think about it again, before I was selected, who was the candidate for the head?"

Naturally, it was Shen Mandong who was also the chief disciple.

"If it wasn't for the senior sister's accident, not to mention the head senior sister, even I would not be considered by your master," Man Jiangxue said, "The person who can be named the chief disciple is the best in the palace. It is also to prepare for taking over as the head of the sect in the future. Naturally, you have the priority to be the head of the sect. This can only be obtained by personal ability. Not everyone can become the chief disciple. If you cannot be replaced by others, the elder sister of the sect head will follow the palace rules. Establishing you as the young master is justified."

Ji Wanshu was silent for a moment: "Can't there be exceptions?"

Man Jiangxue said: "Either someone can squeeze you out of the chief disciple by virtue of strength, or persuade the senior sister in charge to choose another person, but at present, it seems that no one in the same generation can surpass you in terms of swordsmanship. However, Zhilan, who was originally eligible to be selected as the young head, had an accident, so who do you think is more suitable than you now? In addition, it is not just you who think it is suitable, but also the senior sister and the palace. It needs to be approved by everyone at the door.”

Ji Wanshu thought about it for a while, then looked at Yin Qiu and said, "Since Senior Sister Ye is no longer considered by the head of the sect, then Yin Qiu... Shall Yin Qiu be the head office?"

When Yin Qiu heard this, he was almost choked, and said in a daze, "Me? Senior sister, are you kidding me..."

"I'm not kidding, I'm serious," Ji Wanshu said sternly, "Don't think that I don't know anything after I retreated. You deliberately lost to Fu Xiang at the New Disciple Conference, right?"

Yin Qiu showed embarrassment and hesitated, "This..."

"It's thanks to you that Fu Xiang was able to become the young landlord. The two of you have been equally divided since you came. It is not certain who wins and who loses." Ji Wanshu said, "She can be the young landlord of Mingyue Tower, so what about you Can't be the young master of Yunhua Palace?"

Before Yin Qiu could answer, Ji Wanshu immediately continued: "I have heard a lot about your deeds since I left the customs. Since the New Disciple Conference ended that year, you have been picking people to compete in martial arts at major peaks in the palace. So far there has been no defeat, what does this mean? It means that you have already achieved what the master wants to beat all invincible hands, so it is not impossible for you to be the chief disciple."

Yin Qiu was startled when he heard it, and quickly waved his hands and said, "Senior sister, stop talking, I have never associated the word head with myself, and besides, even if I can beat others, I still can't beat you. With Senior Sister Zhuyu in front of me, how can the head of the sect take a fancy to me?"

Ji Wanshu said: "You can resist even those disciples of the hidden guards, why belittle yourself? I have learned so many years more than you, and it is nothing unusual to be better than you in kung fu."

Yin Qiu smiled bitterly: "That's because the senior guards didn't really kill me. If it wasn't for that, I would have died a long time ago. I really can't brag about this matter. With my senior sister's talent, even if we practice martial arts at the same time, I would still die." It won't be your opponent, besides, in the past few years, there have been a few more rookies in the palace who won the New Disciples Conference. I haven't competed with them yet, and I still can't afford the title of invincible hand. "

Ji Wanshu couldn't help becoming upset again, and said angrily, "Then what should I do? Apart from you and Senior Sister Ye, I really can't think of anyone else now," she finished speaking, and cast a begging look at Man Jiangxue again, "Master Uncle really won't help me persuade the head?"

Man Jiangxue looked at her and said: "I saw that you have become more stable than before after leaving the customs, and you are more organized in your work. With Zhilan's help, you don't need to worry about being the head. If that's the case, There must be a reason for your resistance."

Ji Wan paused for a moment, a look of unnaturalness flashed across her face, she kept silent for a moment, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she couldn't speak.

Man Jiangxue saw that she hesitated to speak, so she didn't ask any more questions, but said slowly: "I will do my best, but whether the senior sister in charge agrees is out of my control, so don't hold back Expected too much."

Only then did Ji Wanshu relax, and replied, "Then I would like to thank Master Uncle."

After this conversation, Ji Wanshu had no appetite to eat anymore, and after ordering her disciples to deliver a meal to Wen Chaoyu and Xue Tan, she said goodbye and left Jingyue Peak.

As soon as Ji Wanshu left, Shen Xingdian became quiet. Yin Qiu didn't feel comfortable eating this meal, so he put down his chopsticks and said to Man Jiangxue, "Master, I'm very sleepy, take a bath early Go to sleep."

Man Jiangxue gave a "hmm", changed the spoon and brought the rice to Yin Qiu's lips, and said, "Eat the rice first."

Yin Qiu observed her without showing any signs, and said, "I'm done eating."

Man Jiangxue signaled her to open her mouth, Yin Qiu had no choice but to swallow the food, Man Jiangxue said: "Aren't you full?"

Yin Qiu watched her feeding movements, and said as naturally as possible: "No, I'm full."

Seeing Man Jiangxue put the rice bowl on the table, she suddenly got up and walked towards the bedroom, saying as she walked, "Eat this bowl of rice first, don't leave it behind."

Yin Qiu was a little puzzled, but obediently picked up the rice bowl, and it wasn't until she finished eating that she heard Man Jiangxue say in the room, "Come in."

Yin Qiu almost wondered if Man Jiangxue could see her clearly through the curtain. She hung down her sleeves and put her right hand behind her back. When she opened the curtain, she saw Man Jiangxue sitting on short feet Fiddled with something.

Yin Qiu took a closer look and saw that she was holding a medicine box in her hand, and was rummaging through it for bandages and medicine bottles.

Seeing this scene, Yin Qiu was startled for a moment, then quickly put back the curtain and said, "I'll go to the soup room to see the hot water first..."

Before she had time to turn around, Man Jiangxue raised her hand to send a palm wind, and the curtain was raised high for a moment, and then blocked Yin Qiu's eyes again, barely blocking her way.

Yin Qiu secretly thought it was bad, but he also bit the bullet and turned away. Man Jiangxue looked at her calmly, shook the medicine bottle in his hand, and said very plainly: "If you don't take the medicine properly, you don't want to take a bath and sleep. .”